In order to generate new evidence on how to best support people experiencing contraceptive side effects (through clinical support or other means), the Society of Family Planning is offering the Purpose Side effects matter: Centering people’s experiences with contraceptive side effects request for proposals.
Donor Name: Society of Family Planning
State: All States
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/29/2023
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
Recognizing that side effects influence people’s willingness and ability to use contraception, there is a need to build on current evidence exploring people’s experiences of side effects and the clinical response to people’s experiences with side effects. Further research is needed on questions such as:
- How does social location shape people’s experience of side effects?
- What factors shape people’s tolerance for side effects?
- What are people’s expectations about clinical support around side effects?
- What factors shape providers’ expectations of people’s tolerance for side effects?
Proposed research must be positioned to produce empirical evidence with a clear, concrete, and strategic path to changes in clinical practice, health service delivery, or other structures that can support people experiencing contraceptive side effects. Proposed research can explore side effects independent of the clinical interaction or in the context of the clinical interaction. If the latter, note that there are potentially multiple points of interaction with a provider around contraceptive side effects (eg, initial method selection, proactive provider initiated follow-up after method selection, follow-up about side effects, new method selection). They encourage proposals exploring side effects in the context of the clinical encounter to name clearly a specific point of interaction.
Central to this funding opportunity is the understanding that contraceptive care in the US is not equitable and people’s social locations (eg, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, gender, age, health, and geography) shape their contraceptive experiences. As such, proposed research must specifically define and justify the population the research is focused on and bring attention to how social location shapes that population’s experience with contraception.
Funds and duration
The Society invites proposals for research studies with budgets up to $25,000 that can be completed within 18 months of award. Grantees will also have access to funds to support the communication of research findings to target audiences, available upon request during the grant period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants will be made to organizations on behalf of a named principal investigator (PI). Grants are limited, without exception, to tax-exempt organizations. Applicants do not need to be members of the Society.
- Funding is limited to projects focused on the US.
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